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Published August 4, 2026 04:07AMCue the sad songs. Summer is winding down, and it’s almost time for kindergarten kiddos and college students alike to head back to school. Granted, parents who have had their hands full this summer might be cranking pump-up jams now that school bells are a-ringin’. Regardless, we’ve got to point out one more reason to celebrate the season: end-of-summer sales! That’s right. Outdoor retailers are currently slashing product by major margins to clear space on the shelves and get stocked for cooler fall and winter temps.To help you navigate all of the back-to-school bargains and late-summer…

Published August 4, 2026 03:08AMNinety minutes outside of Los Angeles is a rarity on the Southern California coast: 6,500 acres of undeveloped land. Rancho Cañada Larga is home to cattle, which graze on invasive grasses, but also to native oak woodlands and coastal sage scrub, embattled species like California condors, and a key wildlife corridor. “It feels like a piece of California that has remained largely untouched,” Guillermo Rodriguez, the state’s director for nonprofit Trust for Public Land (TPL), said in a written statement.That’s not for lack of trying. The ranch has been eyed by developers for a housing project,…

Published August 4, 2026 03:00AMSeptember 10, 1972: Maury Dean, a 29-year-old English professor at a New York community college, sat transfixed in front of his 12-inch, black-and-white TV set, watching a mustachioed law student named Frank Shorter cross the finish line of the 1972 Olympic Marathon, becoming the first American to win the event since 1908. “It was riveting to watch,” recalls Dean. “I got marathon fever that night.”He wasn’t alone: Shorter’s gold medal performance is widely recognized as the spark that lit what would become known as the first Running Boom. Over the next few years, an estimated tne…

Leopold Aschenbrenner was once dubbed the “Nostradamus of AI” for a viral essay predicting a wave of transformative artificial intelligence. But his hedge fund didn’t see its own meltdown coming. The 24-year-old former OpenAI researcher launched Situational Awareness in 2024 with $100 million from prominent tech investors, the New York Times reported. Turns out the company wasn’t as situationally aware of AI investment volatility. It poured money into AI-adjacent startups and data center companies, at one point quadrupling investor money and growing to roughly $30 billion. Then AI stocks dropped sharply. Goldman Sachs, one of the fund’s largest lenders, demanded…

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Key Takeaways AI agents are becoming customers, but companies rarely disclose how much revenue they drive. Agent-driven revenue can shift overnight when foundational models retrain or change defaults. Investors need new disclosure standards to measure concentration risk in the agent economy. Public market investors are flying blind into the volatility trap of the agent economy. When a SaaS company reports 40% revenue growth, there’s no way to know if that growth comes from durable customer relationships or AI agents that could disappear with the next model update.The accounting hasn’t caught up to…

Roughly 720,000 people stopped working or looking for work between May and June, according to CNBC, based on U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics data. The mass exodus spans both men and women, with most dropouts between ages 25 and 34. Why is this happening? Economists point to a mix of factors: elevated long-term unemployment, mental health strain from prolonged job searches, and fewer flexible or remote roles for parents and workers with disabilities. For business owners, the numbers cut both ways. A shrinking labor pool means more competition for talent already in the workforce, but it may also mean a deeper bench…

Key Takeaways OpenAI’s chief economist, Aaron “Ronnie” Chatterji, goes against traditional career advice. He says not to look at successful people’s resumes and not to try to replicate their success. In his words, a successful person’s resume often omits periods of failure and uncertainty. Are you looking at the careers of successful people, trying to retrace each step they took to get to where they are? It’s a futile endeavor, says OpenAI’s chief economist Aaron “Ronnie” Chatterji.  Chatterji, who is also a distinguished professor at Duke University, said in a recent interview on the Summation podcast that job-seekers often study…

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Key Takeaways The rise of fractional leadership is reshaping the executive job market. Companies are turning to fractional, interim and advisory leaders to access top-tier talent without the cost of a full-time hire. Most executive roles are never posted publicly. Ensure your LinkedIn profile is keyword-optimized so recruiters can find you, and build relationships with executive search firms and senior decision-makers in your field. Most job seekers significantly underestimate how crowded the executive job market has become. Owning your unique value proposition is crucial for landing an executive role in today’s market.…

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Key Takeaways Regulated businesses already have the credibility signals that AI systems value most — named experts, verified claims, outside validation — but many waste that advantage. Many firms publish the same generic, anonymous content as everyone else, stripping the personality and the credentials out in the name of caution and end up indistinguishable from a content farm. Put the credentials forward, name who stands behind the answer, pursue the third-party validation, answer real questions accurately, and keep your public information consistent everywhere it appears. Founders in healthcare and law tend to…

Key Takeaways Clickeez are toys that resemble mechanical computer keyboard keys and feature a satisfying “click” mechanism. The brand went from idea to market in about a year — much faster than the typical 18–21-month toy timeline. The company has sold more than 10 million Clickeez since its launch in mid-2025, and it’s projected to sell over 100 million by the end of the year. A simple idea to turn an adult hobby into a kids’ toy has become one of the hottest toy launches of the past year. It’s Clickeez, a sensory toy that looks like a mechanical keyboard…